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The library of texts amassed largely by Eorl and The Danger Gang. It is currently maintained by Leo and Norro, based out of a spare room in the Governor's Mansion Inn at Chrysopolis. Leo also operates his think tank, Prometheus Unfound, out of the same room, and plans to use it to foster scholarship in general around town.

Texts Contained In The Library

• The Apocalypse of Adam, in which Adam warns his son Seth, in the manner of apocalyptic literature, about a coming cataclysm that will destroy the world a few generations hence; this cataclysm is the Deluge.
• A collection of hymns to a god known as Theos Hypsistos, which combines Jewish and Greek imagery.
• The Marsanes, a mystic work describing an elaborate ascent through thirteen seals to the Silent One, known as ho ón: “He who is.”
• A bound collection of Platonic dialogues: Timaeus, Crito, etc.
• A Neo-Platonist text by Celsus complaining that Christians (unlike pagans) have betrayed monotheism by worshiping Christ. “It makes no difference whether we call Zeus the Most High or Zeus or Adonai or Sabaoth or Amoun like the Egyptians or Papaeus like the Scythians…The gods have one nature but many names.”
• Macrobius’s Saturnalia. In which one character (Praetextatus) gives a lengthy speech about how all the Olympian Gods are, in fact, simply different aspects of Sol Invictus. Some of the gods (e.g. Apollo) fit the model easily, others (e.g. Dionysus) seem to be a bit of a stretch.
• The collected letters of Emperor Julian the Apostate, mainly of a rather bland and phatic nature.
• The Chaldaean Oracles of Julian the Theurgist. Hexameters of religious instruction. “For in all worlds shines the triad whose ruler is the monad.”
• The Hypostasis of the Archons, an almost impenetrable “Gnostic” work.
• Commentary on the Wheel of Fortune
• Tales from the Silk Road
• Text on the Wars of the Diadochi, carried by Zadok, supplanted by the Diadocomachia
• Page from Aristotle's On Youth and Age
• Stratoniche's Map
• Page from Plutarch's Life of Demetrius
• The Complete Aristotle's Poetics and Politics.
• Commentary on the Three Charms of Ikkulu
• Final Letter of Rabbi Tarphon
• Tarikh al Dhul-Qarnayn, or the Prophecies of Alexander

Weekly Event Schedule

• Monday, 6:00pm: Adult Literacy Classes

Free classes for any free male of age in reading and writing Greek.

• Tuesday, 7:00pm: Poetry Slam

Teens and grown ups alike are welcome to share poetry of any style save Epic.

• Wednesday, 7:00pm: Prometheus Unfound Members Only Meeting

Members of the Prometheus Unfound discuss theories and findings for the lost boon-bringer.

• Thursday, 6:00pm: Eccumenical Round Table Discussions

Clerics of all faiths are welcome to discuss the nature of the Divine in an open and friendly environment.

• Friday, 8:00pm: Prometheus Unfound Recruitment Party

Every Friday, all those with a scholarly leaning are welcome to meet in the tavern of the Governor's Mansion Inn for a night of wine and cheese and talking about Prometheus.

• Saturday, 12:00pm: Storytime For The Kiddies

Hear tales of daring-do drawn for the real life adventures of the Danger Gang (auxiliary). Hear such classics as "I Once Beat Up A Pirate" and "One Time I Hit A Wolf With A Stick".